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Now let us learn some alternate styles of poker other than texas hold'em, 5 card stud, five card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are correct, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Definitely this isn't one of the most popular forms of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It's played with one deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential detail here to always remember is apart from the normal ranking of hands we have one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces beats all other hand including royal flush. Every player is given seven cards. The cards are arranged to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be stronger or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can't touch them. The croupier will flip over his cards and assemble his hands. Each players hand is played against the croupier's hands. If the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the player looses their bet the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins all. Once the hand is competed, the next player clock-wise becomes the croupier and the following hand is given out.